Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Converseen is an open-source multi-platform image converter and resizer, written in C++ and using the Qt4 libraries. It has support for more that 100 image formats, including like DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, TIFF and many others.
It offers the user the basic photo manipulation functions, including convert, resize, rotate or flip. The latest version available is Converseen 0.6.8.
In this article I will show you how to install Converseen 0.6.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Linux Mint 14 Nadia, Linux Mint 13 Maya and Elementary OS 0.2 Luna.
For Ubuntu 14.04, Converseen 0.6.8 is available via the default repositories, so installing it is easy. just do:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install converseen
For Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 16, Linux Mint 14, Linux Mint 13 and Elementary OS 0.2, Converseen 0.6.7 is available via some third party ppa, so installing it is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the converseen package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install converseen